Section 114AC:
Penalty for fraudulent utilisation of input tax credit for claiming refund.
1[114AC. Penalty for fraudulent utilisation of input tax credit for claiming refund.Where any
person has obtained any invoice by fraud, collusion, wilful misstatement or suppression of facts to utilise
input tax credit on the basis of such invoice for discharging any duty or tax on goods that are entered for
exportation under claim of refund of such duty or tax, such person shall be liable for penalty not
exceeding five times the refund claimed.
Explanation.For the purposes of this section, the expression input tax credit shall have the same
meaning as assigned to it in clause (63) of section 2 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12
of 2017).]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 13 of 2021, s. 96 (w.e.f. 28-3-2021).